More details of former Big Bang member Seungri's trial have been revealed.
On June 30, Seungri attended the General Military Court to undergo a trial on the charges of arranging prostitution. As previously reported, Seungri explained he did not have complete knowledge of the content in all of the Kakao chat rooms, including ones with Jung Joon Young as a member. He also denied he arranged prostitution for Japanese clients at a Christmas party, claiming he invited acquaintances who invited their acquaintances and so on.
One of Seungri's text message conversations is now receiving more spotlight. In the message, he states, "Girls? Go with ones that give well." According to reports, Seungri exchanged the message when he was at a club with a foreign acquaintance, and a staff member asked how to treat his guest. His text message response is now leading to further suspicions of prostitution.
However, Seungri explained it was simply due to auto-correct on iPhone, and he meant to write, "Go with ones who play well." He expressed, "I didn't know about it and only realized it during the investigation process. I think it was a typo due to iPhone's auto-correct function. Though I'm sorry about it, that's what I remember."
On the claims he had solicited prostitution out of his home, he stated, "My parents and younger brother live next door to me. They know my password and drop by regularly. I don't know when they'd drop by, so it's not possible for me to have hosted prostitution in my own home. I was also very busy with promotions at the time. I was not in the position where I could pay anyone to have relations with me and neither did I have to."
Seungri's parents are reported to have attended the trial as well.
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